The Song of Sparrows

Oct 1, 2008

1h 36m

★ 7.5

Chasing dreams. Finding hope.

Overview

When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes into a world alien to him - incredibly hectic Tehran, where sudden opportunities for independence, thrill and challenge him. But his honor and honesty, plus traditional authority over his inventive clan, are tested, as he stumbles among vast cultural and economic gaps between his village nestled in the desert, and a throbbing international metropolis.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Majid Majidi Film Production

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Cast

Karim

Reza Naji

Hussein

Hamid Aghazi

Abbas

Kamran Dehghan

Nargess

Maryam Akbari

Hossein

Hamid Aghazi

Haneyeh

Schabnam Akhlaghi

Zarah

Neshat Nazari

Ramezan

Hassan Rezaee

Ponya

Ponya Salehi

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